BREAKING: This is what local news should be. Local man credits bail reform w/ new lease on life. "Benefiting from bail reform. Allowed him to remain in home, at job, & w/ family while fighting charges. 'Continue working on myself & provide for my family.'"news10.com/news/local-new…
"A local man, who’s facing criminal charges, says bail reform leveled the playing field & kept him out of jail & on the road to recovery while he remains legally innocent. 'Everyone deserves to have a fair chance. If I am convicted, then I deserve my punishment,' he said."
"The 30 y/o's 1st brush w/ law came at 13. The start of his long battle w/ addiction & a life of drug-fueled crime. 'Especially w/ the heroin epidemic. You wake up sick & you’re going to rob your mother, grandmother, a bank, anything. You know theres money. You’re going for it.'"
“It was unfair. I’m watching people in the same predicament just get bailed out time after time, family just throwing money. They’re just going out there doing the same thing, & I can’t even get out and get a chance to get back going right again."
"Johnson says he’s in treatment, is sober, & has a full-time job. There are at least 10 charges hanging over his head, but he’s optimistic about his future. 'I’m changing the way I live, I’m trying to live different and I’m thankful for bail reform.'"
I'm literally near tears over here. This reporting is literally the opposite of what criminal justice "reporting" has always been. Cherry-picking outlier cases. Sensationalism. Fear. Name-calling. This reporter- @MaryWilsonNews-is a hero. Thank you for telling a real bail story.
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